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Methane trapped in Antarctic ice will be a great help to the horrible warming feedback loop
Melting of Antarctic ice could release massive amounts of methane, according to a new study. That would be very bad for the climate.
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Designer makes dresses out of old Speedos instead of throwing them out like a normal person
Naturally it’s very resourceful that U.K.-based designer Orsola de Castro makes “upcycled” dresses out of old Speedo bathing suits. After all, what else are we going to do with old Speedos? Make an oversized soft sculpture of Michael Phelps’ favorite bong?
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A natural-gas pipeline grows in Brooklyn
Many of the people of Brooklyn aren't super-excited about it.
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Cougar found outside casino in America’s worst city
Very early on a recent morning, a cougar was found waiting outside a Harrah’s casino in Reno, Nev. That’s not particularly unusual, except in this case we mean “cougar” as in the large wildcat also known as a puma, panther, or mountain lion.
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McDonald’s tried to make ‘onion nuggets’ happen
Given the kind of stuff that gets the fast-food green light, it’s hard to believe that there are even more concepts that end up on the cutting room floor. But there are, and the McDonald’s Corporation’s archives manager Mike Bullington knows about all of them. The most shocking item in his collection of fast-food memorabilia, at […]
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King Coal’s Road to Nowhere: the Coalfields Expressway
In the tranquil, misty mountains of southwest Virginia, the coal industry is trying to build its very own road to nowhere. King Coal’s latest scheme is to try and take $2 billion of federal funds — our tax dollars — to build the Coalfields Expressway through rural Southwest Virginia. Coal companies plan to use mountaintop […]
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If you like to cook, this new use for a plastic bottle will honestly change your life
Watch -- just watch! -- what this genius lady does with an egg and a plastic bottle.
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Global warming debate needs less ‘both sides’ wankery
Tom Zeller Jr. at Huffington Post argues that the climate debate needs "cooler heads." He ignores the fact that it already has plenty of cooler heads; the real problem is the hotheads on the right.
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Meet the brave little solar-powered robot who’s helping us understand hurricanes
Chasing a tornado might be nuts, but chasing a hurricane is beyond nuts. Being in a car near a tornado sounds like a bad idea, but at least you might hit a Norse god or end up in Oz or something. You’d have to go hurricane-chasing in a boat or helicopter, though, and being in […]
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GOP convention, day one: A platform built on oil, an argument based on inaccuracy
At the GOP convention, Republicans are pushing stale old energy policies and telling lots of lies.
